What does the AFQT really measure: Race, wages, schooling and the AFQT score
What does the AFQT really measure: Race, wages, schooling and the AFQT score
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AFQT 真正衡量的是什么：种族、工资、教育程度和 AFQT 分数
DOI：
10.1007/bf02690041
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发表时间：
1996
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通讯作者：
W. Spriggs
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作者：
W. M. Rodgers;W. Spriggs
Recent literature on the black-white wage gap shows that during the 1980s, the unadjusted gap expanded.1 To document this "between-group" expansion, most studies use micro data from the Current Population Survey (March and Merged Outgoing Rotation Group Files) and decennial census. The enormous sample sizes of these data sets provide more precise estimates. However, researchers can control for only two basic measures of human capital: years of educational attainment and potential experience. 2 After controlling for these variables a large residual due to race remains. During the 1980s, this residual grew in size. One interpretation is that the residual measures the existence and growth of labor market discrimination. A second interpretation is that embedded in the residual are racial differences in skills obtained via family and school environments, and that these differences grew during the 1980s. An alternative view is that racial differences in these skills remained constant, but their returns grew. The implication of the second interpretation is that estimated racial wage gaps from the CPS and decennial censuses overstate the importance of labor market discrimination. This is because researchers are unable to include an objective measure of skills gained via family and school environments. To account for these racial
